Oh man...the Prophecy of the Popes makes Dan Brown seem like a very credible commentator on Roman Catholicism and early Christian religious history.

Popes are only really of significance to the Roman Catholic Church, and some minor Eastern (Orthodox?) Christian Churches. They carry no weight with Protestants whatsoever as far as Christendom is concerned, excepting for a certain amount of paranoia by some, that The Antichrist may come charging out of the Vatican's Papal Palace to kick off the "End Days" epic final fantasy.

When you consider that this Nostradamus knock off only surfaced some decades after The Prophecies of Nostradamus became a best seller, It would be a reasonable assessment to make that the Prophecy of Popes is little more than a bit of lazy plagiarism (of Nostradamus's style and method) using scatter-gun prognostication.

Skepticism

According to skeptics, many apparently fulfilled prophecies can be explained as coincidences (possibly aided by the prophecy's own vagueness), or that some prophecies were actually invented after the fact to match the circumstances of a past event ("postdiction"). Whitcomb in The Magician's Companion observes,
One point to remember is that the probability of an event changes as soon as a prophecy (or divination) exists. . . . The accuracy or outcome of any prophecy is altered by the desires and attachments of the seer and those who hear the prophecy.[26]

I highly recommend to you, and others who are fascinated by the "power" of prophecy an article called 'Prophecy for Dummies' for an exposition as to why the Prophecy of Popes is not worth worrying about.

It's one of the most powerful corporations in the world --it has millions of devoted followers, is answerable to nobody, has its own private guard within its very own city which happens to also be within their own country, wrapped neatly inside Italy...kinda like a 7-layer burrito from Taco Bell.

The Knights of Malta (read up on them), their own guardians of the secrets. Funny how our own police in America secretly equate themselves with the order through Freemasonry. Oh, did I forget to mention, the tax derived from sucking the life from Americans usually winds up in the hands of the Papacy.

Do federal income tax revenues pay for any government services and, if so, which government services are funded by federal income taxes?

Answer: No. The money trail is very difficult to follow, in this instance, because the IRS is technically a trust with a domicile in Puerto Rico. See 31 U.S.C. 1321(a)(62). As such, their records are protected by laws which guarantee the privacy of trust records within that territorial jurisdiction, provided that the trust is not also violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.

All evidence indicates that they are a money laundry, extortion racket, and conspiracy to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951 and 1961et seq.

They appear to be laundering huge sums of money into foreign banks, mostly in Europe, and quite possibly into the Vatican. See the national policy on money laundering at 31 U.S.C. 5341.

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In the world of criminal syndicates and corporate cartels running around, ruling the planet, I would say the Vatican ranks right up there at the top of the BEND YOU OVER group. No wonder there's a huge gay sauna nearby...

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. "-- J. Krishnamurti“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” -- George Orwell